Weather-strip for doors.



No. 64!,139. Patented Jan. 9, I960.

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WEATHER STRIP FOR DOORS.

(Application filed Sept. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

fizz/wafer fliwirew 0 ANDREYV G. OGAN, OF MEADVILLE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RAY E. PRATHER, OF SAME PLACE.

WEATHER-STRIP FOR DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 641,139, dated January 9, 1900.

Application filed September 18,1899, Serial No. 730,926. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom itmay concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW G. ()GAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meadville, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented new and usefullmprove ments in Weather-Strips for Doors, of which the following is a specification.

p This invention relates to weather-strips for doors, and has for its object to provide a simple, efficient, and inexpensive weather-strip which will be automatic in its action and which may be readilyapplied to the door with the exercise of but ordinary care, but when applied will operate efiectually and accurately and will automatically compensate for any shrinkage or warping of the door or casing from exposure to the Weather.

To these ends the invention consists in the features and in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims following the description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a door and its casing, showing my improved weatherstrip applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same, showing the door partially open. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the door closed, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the yielding hinge connections.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a door panel or casi-ng, 2 the sill, 3 the threshold, and 4 the door, all constructed in the usual or in any approved or preferred manner.

Near the lower edge of the door 4 is secured a cap or shield 5, comprising a sheetmetal strip having a straight upper portion 6, which is attached to the door by screws or other suitable fastenings, an outwardly and downwardly inclined central portion 7, and a vertical straight lower portion 8, for the purpose hereinafter described.

The numeral 9 indicates the movable strip for excluding the weather, and consists of a perfectly flat and straight metallic plate, which is movably connected to the door et by yielding hinge connections in the following manner: Riveted or otherwise suitably attached to the strip 9 near the opposite ends of the latter and at points intermediate the upper and lower edges thereof are metallic straps 10, each provided at one end with an eye 11.

The weather-strip 9 is suspended by elas tic or spring-yielding hinge connections 12, each of which is composed of an elastic wire hanger 13, bent at its upper end into a loop 14, rigidly secured to the door through the medium of a screw or like fastening, and at its lower end bent at right angles into a pintle 15, which pivotally engages one of the eyes 11. bent or curved outward between their ends, as shown, whereby they are prevented from striking or coming in contact with the cap or shield 5 and whereby they may readily yield to any strain that may be placed upon them.

An eye 16, similar in construction to the eye 11 before described, is attached to one end of the strip at a point below the adjacent hinge-eye 11. Engaging said eye 16 is one end of a straight spring-rod 17, the other end of which is bent at a right angle and isdriven into the door at a point above the cap or shield 5. A staple 18 is driven into the door over the spring-rod at a point near the latters attachment to the door. The springrod operates in an obvious manner to swing the strip 9 upward about its hinges or about its hinges with the hinge connections. The springrod 17 is located above the weatherstrip, and consequently can be very conveniently and quickly applied and secured at its opposite ends, respectively, to the lower portion of the door and to the weather-strip.

As shown, the hinge connections 13 are attached to the door above the cap or shield 5 at such points that when the lower edge of the strip is depressed its upper end will swing up beneath the cap or shield and about the inner face of the lower vertical portion 8 thereof, thereby forming a close joint between the upper edge of the strip and the cap or shield and preventing the entrance of wa ter, cold air,'and the like between the two.

A plate 19 is attached to the lower inner portion of one side of the door frame or casing and is provided with a laterally-projecting inclined fiange20, forming a stop adaptedto be engaged by the strip 9.

The elastic wire hangers are slightly 1 The operation of the device is as follows: When the door is open, the spring-rod 17 operates to hold the strip 9 elevated out of contact with the floor and in position to clear or pass over the threshold 3 when the door is closed. As the door is closed the strip passes freely over the threshold until its lower or forward edge strikes the inclined stop 20,

which as the closing movement of the door is completed depresses the strip against the action of the spring-rod and forces the lower edge thereof down against the front beveled edge of the threshold and its upper edge up underneath the cap or shield and against the inner face of the depending portion of the latter, thus effectually preventing the entrance of rain, snow, cold air, and the like.

By means of the construction and arrangement described should the door or its casing shrink or warp from exposure to the weather in such manner that the lower edge of the strip is completely forced against the threshold before its upper edge abuts the inner face of the cap or shield the resiliency of the hinge connections will force the upper edge of the strip to its seat against the cap or shield, and in the same manner should the upper edge of the strip abut the cap or shield before the door has been completely closed the hinge connections will yield and permit the lower edge of the stripto seat against the threshold and the door to be shut tight and withoutliability of breaking the hinges or loosening or damaging the cap or shield. For the same reasons accuracy or nicety need not be exercised in fitting the parts on the door or casing, as the yielding hinge connections will always operate within certain limits to cause the strip to properly seat itself against both the threshold and the cap or shield.

Having described my invention, what is claimed is- 1. The combination with a weather-strip, of resilient hinge connections between the weather-strip and the door, each connection consisting of an elastic wire hanger havingits upper end provided with means for rigidly securing it to the door and its lower end with means for pivotally connecting it with the weather-strip, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a door, a cap or shield attached thereto, and a weather-strip, of resilient hinge connections between the weather-strip and the door, each connection consisting of an elastic wire hanger having its upper end provided with means for rigidly securing it to the door and its lower end with means for pivotally connecting it with the weather-strip, and a stop secured to the door-casing for depressing the weather-strip to its seat, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a door, a cap or shield attached to the door, and a weatherstrip, of resilient hinge connections between the weather-strip and the door, each connection consisting of an elastic wire hanger having its upper end provided with means for rigidly securing it to the door and its lower end with means for pivotally connecting it with the weather-strip, and a longitudinal spring-rod arranged above the weather-strip and secured at one end to the door and at the other end to said weather-strip, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a door, a cap or shield attached to the door, and a weatherstrip, of resilient hinge connections between the door and the weather-strip, each composed of an elastic hanger secured at its upper end to the door and pivotally engaged at its lower end with the weather-strip, a spring arranged above the Weather-strip and operating to raise the latter, and a stop attached to the door-casing and operating to seat the weather-strip, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the cap or shield attached to the door, of the flat weather-strip, eyes attached to the weather-strip intermediate its upper and lower edges, resilient rods or ,wires engaging said eyes at their lower ends and attached at their upper ends to the door at a point above the cap or shield, a spring attached at one end to the door and at its other end to the weather-strip and operating to normally raise the latter, and astop arranged to force said weather-strip into engagement with the cap or shield and the threshold when the door is closed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ANDREW G. OGAN.

Witnesses:

RICHARD H. WILMoTT, HENRY RIGGLES. 

